OT: Spanish syntax

Dan Goodman dsgood at IPHOUSE.COM
Mon Apr 7 22:48:21 UTC 2008


Wilson Gray wrote:
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> Back in the day, notices read:
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> "Se habla español."
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> Nowadays, they read:
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> "Hablamos español."

In Minneapolis, it could be either.

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